Baltic League Basketball

Estonian guard Mirjam Nikolai (177-G-86) had an amazing evening in the last round for Eclex Tallinn, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 6.The 26-year old player had a double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds, while her team crushed Victoria (#5, 1-7) with 20-point margin 96-76. Eclex Tallinn maintains the 3rd position in Baltic League . Eclex Tallinn is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 4-4 record. Nikolai turned to be Eclex Tallinn's top player in her first season with the team. Mirjam Nikolai has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (4th best: 14.7ppg) and averages impressive 2.1spg and 41.7% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was young Yuliya Haponava (187-F-94) of Berezina. Haponava had a very good evening with a double-double of 19 points and 15 rebounds. Bad luck as Berezina was edged by slightly lower-ranked Victoria (#5, 1-7) 65-64. Berezina managed to keep the same 4th spot in the standings. 6 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories Berezina managed to get this year. Haponava is one of the most experienced players at Berezina and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 11.0ppg (#8). She also registered 5.4 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Krystyna Matsko (182-F-91) of league's second-best Tim-Scuf. Matsko scored 26 points and grabbed thirteen rebounds (!!!). She was a key player of Tim-Scuf, leading her team to a 85-75 win against the lower-ranked Victoria (#5, 1-7). Tim-Scuf needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 3 lost games. Matsko has a great season in Baltic League. After only 8 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.5ppg (5th best) and rebounds with 8.3rpg (3rd best). She also has 2.9spg and FGP: 52.5%.

The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

FINAL Rapla KK - Dynamo-Farm 42-70 Dynamo-Farm coasted past Rapla KK to clinch the first ever Baltic League title. Dynamo-Farm led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They held Rapla KK to an opponent 23.7 percent shooting from the field compared to 43.3 percent accuracy of the winners. Dynamo-Farm forced 23 Rapla KK turnovers and outrebounded them 48-27 including a 31-17 advantage in defensive rebounds. Their players were unselfish o... [read more]

FINAL

Dynamo-Farm coasted past Rapla KK to clinch the first ever Baltic League title. Dynamo-Farm led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They held Rapla KK to an opponent 23.7 percent shooting from the field compared to 43.3 percent accuracy of the winners. Dynamo-Farm forced 23 Rapla KK turnovers and outrebounded them 48-27 including a 31-17 advantage in defensive rebounds. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 24 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of center Tatiana Sema (193-96) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 14 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks. Power forward Katerina Polyashova (188-96, agency: LBM Management) contributed with a double-double by scoring 16 points and 13 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) for the winners. Estonian guard Pirgit Puu (168-88) answered with 12 points and 7 rebounds and Belarusian Darya Lipinskaya (180-93) added 9 points in the effort for Rapla KK. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Top scorers:Rapla KK: P.Puu 12+7reb+3ast, D.Lipinskaya 9+2reb+1ast, L.Mesila-Kaarmann 8+3reb, K.Arbet-Lenear 6+4reb+1ast, A.Koster 4+3reb+1ast, E.Anett Poldmaa 2+1reb+1astDynamo-Farm: K.Polyashova 16+13reb, T.Sema 14+14reb+2ast, O.Frolkina 11+2reb+3ast, O.Safonova 7+2reb, E.Frolkina 6+4reb+1ast, E.Shabanova 5+4reb+1ast

Dynamo-Farm - Suduva 68-58 Dynamo-Farm advanced into Baltic League Final. They rallied past Suduva in the semifinal clash. The game was mostly controlled by Dynamo-Farm. Suduva was better in fourth quarter 19-15. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. They dominated on the defensive end, holding Suduva to just 5 points in third quarter. Dynamo-Farm dominated down low during the game scoring 48 of its points in the paint compared to Suduva's 24. Dynamo-Farm f... [read more]

Dynamo-Farm advanced into Baltic League Final. They rallied past Suduva in the semifinal clash. The game was mostly controlled by Dynamo-Farm. Suduva was better in fourth quarter 19-15. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. They dominated on the defensive end, holding Suduva to just 5 points in third quarter. Dynamo-Farm dominated down low during the game scoring 48 of its points in the paint compared to Suduva's 24. Dynamo-Farm forced 27 Suduva turnovers. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Olga Frolkina (183-97) who helped to win the game recording 16 points. Center Tatiana Sema (193-96) contributed with 6 points and 11 rebounds for the winners. Dynamo-Farm's coach used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Power forward Laura Svaryte (190-92) answered with 8 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists and power forward Lina Pikciute (192-90, agency: ProDep Management) added 13 points and 6 rebounds in the effort for Suduva. Top scorers:Dynamo-Farm: O.Frolkina 16+2reb+1ast, K.Polyashova 12+1reb, M.Cheremisina 8+5reb+4ast, E.Frolkina 7+2ast, T.Sema 6+11reb+1ast, O.Safonova 6+1reb+2astSuduva: L.Pikciute 13+6reb+1ast, L.Svaryte 8+10reb+5ast, A.Bilocerkivska 8+5reb+3ast, K.Dobrikova 8+3reb+2ast, N.Skadaite 8+3reb+3ast, R.Milieskiene 5+6reb

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